Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War II. In previous Edo period, 3 breweries, “Kikusui”, “Kokusui”, and “Hodoyoshi” out of total 12 breweries had started their sake business. In the Meiji period, the situation of brewing business dramatically changed. This time, please let us introduce you about sake making in the Meiji era called “revolutionary period” for sake brewing field. During Edo era, since sake making needed lots of rice which was the staple food for Japanese and the important revenue for government, government controlled the market depending on the situation and the market place. One of the example of controlling method was […]

Thanks to about 5,000 visitors, we finished our brewery open day in great success. The picture above shows what it was like that day. Fresh sake that you can only taste in the brewery, Tour of the brewery where you can’t usually enter, Cask sake which you can enjoy the comfortable tree fragrance, Very popular Sake Manju which is Japanese sweets made from sake lees of Takashimizu, and so forth… Everyone from adults to children can enjoy Takashimizu brewery open day held once a year. If you missed the event on that day, please feel the special atmosphere through the picture! All the Takashimizu staff will be waiting for you […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War II. In this column, we will trace the history of 12 breweries which are the foundation of current Takashimizu one by one. We will introduce “Hodoyoshi” today as the third brewery out of 12. Hodoyoshi started its sake business in 1860 at the current Oomachi 1-Chome, Akita city. Besides sake “Hodoyoshi”, they had produced sweet white sake, mirin(Japanese cooking seasoning), and non-heat-treated soy sauces, and those were really popular. Their market expanded from Akita-city to mining town in Akita Prefecture, Hokkaido, Kanto region, and finally to Tokyo. Also, since they put great effort into research and […]

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Takashimizu Brewery Open Day was held on 20th February! It had been raining since morning on that day, however, fortunately it stopped raining from the afternoon. The number of visitors reached the highest number ever 5,000 and this was 900 more people than last year, and it was a great success. We also had great time with a lot of visitors in this precious opportunity held once a year. Thank you very much for visiting us! We will show what it was like that day later.

When drinking at Izakaya (informal Japanese style bar) in Japan, sometimes sake is served in this style: server put a glass inside the Masu or sake saucer and pour until sake overflows from the glass. This serving style is called “Mokkiri” and it is said that the degree of overflowing shows the degree of the server’s generosity. How would you drink this style of sake? The most familiar style in sake country Akita is that sipping a bit of sake with kissing the brim. In order to spread this “kissing drinking style” throughout the world, we will continuously introduce the attractive “Mokkiri face” of beautiful Akita’s ladies to you. This […]

Takashimizu history began in 1944 after merging of 12 small breweries during World War Ⅱ. In this column, we will trace the history of 12 breweries which are the foundation of current Takashimizu one by one. We will introduce “Kokusui” this time. “Kokusui” history goes back to 1837. They launched their sake brewing business at current Tegata-shin sakae machi, Akita city, and then moved to current Tegata-tanaka, Akita city during the Meiji era (1868-1912). Since its founding, they had brewed and developed their sake under the brand name “Kokusui”. After that, they started using new brand “Aki-Minori” and under this brand, they entered in each sake competition and won the […]

We had little snow until last month in Akita-city, but starting from this year, it began to snow and finally it changed into winter scene. When it is getting bitterly cold, we miss hot spring which warms not only our body but also heart. Don’t you think that is nice idea to enjoy open-air hot spring with sipping sake? In Akita, there are a lot of hot spring area where we can enjoy both open-air bath and snow scene. This photo was taken at “Tsuru-no-yu” which is famous for mixed bathing open-air hot spring in Nyuto hot spring area. Moreover in Akita, there are a lot of Japanese style hotels […]